Well I assumed it was a bunny that had lopped off a clematis close to the ground leaving the vines neatly on the arch to wilt and die. Now you have me wondering if I'm right or wrong. Anyway, I wanted to mention that with the morning glories, they will reroot if you just put a tall bottle of water underneath the cut end of the vine. It will root and stay alive and continue to bloom. Check the bottle once a day for water as it may be supporting a 10 foot vine. When the roots are significant, just plant that end - you may have to mound the soil a bit to cover the new roots. Learned this 15 years ago when I lived in an association and there were maintenance people on the loose with string trimmers :)

Oh, I didn't know that! I wish I had checked this forum out, perhaps I could have saved them. But now they're all dead on the vine. I'll know it for next time, thanks!

Lee Ann